PowerShell/Scripts/new-email.ps1

<#
.SYNTAX       new-email.ps1 [<address>]
.DESCRIPTION  starts the default email client to write a new email
.LINK         https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES        Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
#>

param($EmailAddress = "markus@fleschutz.de")

try {
	$URL="mailto:$EmailAddress"
	Start-Process $URL
	exit 0
} catch {
	write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}